Committees and commissions

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the State Duma sets up committees and commissions from a pool of chamber's members. According to the State Duma Regulations committees are formed on basis of a principle of proportional representation of factions. A committee can form a sub-committee within its main activities. State Duma's commissions are created for a period no longer than a term of a convocation of the State Duma itself.